Half A Day

Here's one of the simpler panels from Maddy Kettle. There are scenes that take place in the desert during the day that are so easy to draw I worry about. But still, I like how visually the story breaths, sometimes dense and frantic and sometimes sparse and quiet.

Taking a half day today, I'm going downtown to buy a present for Henry's third birthday. the only instruction he gave me is "Batman" which I think I can manage.

I started reading Floating Worlds yesterday, a collection of correspondence and art from Edward Gorey. If you're a Gorey fan this is a must have, maybe the best book on him. It's published by Pomegranate and as usual with their books it's beautiful. 


Some links of interest:


The Association of Library Services to children ( ALSC) has published a great, comprehensive list of graphic novels for all ages. Very much worth checking out. I'll be using this as a resource for my Monday Comics For Everyone! posts. 


also, from the Dark Horse blog, a very interesting initiative to get comics to kids. Looking forward to hearing more about this. 


A great New Yorker article on Norton Juster's Phantom Tollbooth. 


Some amazing slippers. 


And viviane Schwartz drew an awesome cat.